Al-Qaida behind Uzbek attacks, says anti-terror official
Violent attacks in Uzbekistan were connected to the al-Qaida terror group, a top anti-terror official said today – the first time the Uzbek government has directly linked the attacks to the terror network headed by Osama bin Laden.
“These are Wahhabis who belong to one of the branches of the international al-Qaida terror group,” said Ilya Pyagay, Interior Ministry deputy anti-terrorism chief, referring to the strict strain of Islam in which bin Laden was raised.
